Class of 1979 — World · Yıldaşlar

In 1979, 125,000,293 babies were born in the world; this page represents 1,000 of them.

82 died in the first year, 118 by age five.

In the class of 1952, 133 died in the first year; in the class of 2025, 27.

Of 76 classes, this is the 47th largest.

As of 2026, 802 of 1,000 are alive (80.2%).

Of 1,000 born in Japan the same year, 970 are alive; in Nigeria, 568.

Where 1,000 babies born worldwide that year came from: India 199, China 169, Indonesia 40, Bangladesh 31, Brazil 31, US 29.

Generation: Gen X (1965–1980, Pew definition).

Half the class will be gone by 2059.

Its last member will die between 2083 and 2093.